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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.

I mentioned “experiences” because I thought other people would: “why didn’t you ask for experiences?” They want to gift toys, and ask for a list. So I provide one.

My boys don’t have interest in the gifts because they were items from a show they don’t know or watch (no, we aren’t “screen free”) and the other toy was several years younger than their level.

We opened them because we were visiting family in another state for Christmas.

I was asking...has anyone else opened and donated gifts, and it’s not even Christmas?!
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OP, I did this last week! I unwrapped all the gifts from my parents and in-laws and got rid of about half.  (I rewrapped the ones we are keeping.). My kids are 1 and 3.  They don’t need 10 presents from one set of grandparents, and our house is too small for this crap.   Plus I was able to donate the extra things to a toy drive since they were still in their original packaging.  [b]And now I don’t need to have a fight every day with my three year old about wearing a too big frozen costume to daycare[/b].  [/quote]

This is too sad. Why wouldn't you let your DC wear a too-big frozen costume, that her grandparents gave her, to preschool? I seriously don't get it. Also, this would be something she would grow into -- obviously.

I suspect the PP above is actually the OP....[/quote]

Haha, I’m different, though I felt a kinship with the OP.  I don’t think it would be kind to my daughter’s daycare teachers to send her in an outfit that restricts her movement, and I don’t like having outfit fights.  Look, if that was the one present they had sent, I would have kept it, but they sent 10 things.  (Actually 11, another package with a frozen doll arrived after I posted that.). Our house is small, so we would not have kept all these toys anyway.  Since they weren’t opened, they could be donated.  I don’t feel bad about this.[/quote]

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